Background

Huub Pleijsier works for HVG Law since 1994 and is a partner since 2001. His clients mostly consist of multinational companies headquartered in Europe and the United States.

Expertise

Huub practices in the areas of commercial and corporate law and specialises in:

• international corporate restructuring projects
• joint ventures, partnerships, mergers
• commercial contracts
• (re)financing transactions

Recent assignments:

• lead counsel for various multi-country operating model and supply chain conversion projects for clients based in Europe and the U.S. in a multidisciplinary context
• legal implementation and overall coordination of a double carve-out of operations in 50+ countries in connection with the €2.2B sale of global animal nutrition activities by a chemical company to a private equity group
• legal counsel to one of the world’s largest privately held companies regarding various worldwide restructuring projects, a/o in connection with a $4B acquisition from DuPont de Nemours
• lead and coordinating counsel for one of the world’s biggest steel manufacturers for a corporate restructuring involving fourteen countries in Europe, Africa, North and Latin America
• legal counsel to a leading Dutch retail organization for the controlled auction and subsequent sale to a private equity group of a number of retail subsidiaries in the Netherlands, together comprising over 1,000 store outlets
• lead counsel responsible for the implementation of a restructuring of a major U.S. computer manufacturer involving sixty countries in Europe, North and Latin America, Asia and Australia
• legal counsel to one of the largest energy providers in Europe in respect of a restructuring involving various subsidiaries in Eastern Europe
• contracts for the construction, financing and exploitation of superyachts, drilling rigs, cargo vessels and other commercial vessels
• legal framework and contracts for the implementation of global cross border transfer pricing structures

Additional information

Huub is a graduate of Leyden University, the Netherlands. Before he joined HVG Law he worked for a large law firm in Boston and as a lawyer in the corporate law practice in The Hague and Amsterdam.

He was seconded for a four year period by HVG Law to Donahue & Partners LLP in New York and Chicago where he led a team of lawyers that was co-responsible for the legal implementation and overall coordination of many global restructuring projects.

Huub is a member of the International Bar Association. He completed the postdoctoral specialization course ‘Financing and Securities’ at the Grotius Academy cum laude.